A FITNESS cloud hangs over Melbourne Victory star Archie Thompson after the striker was not seen at training this morning.
Team officials hosed down speculation Thompson had suffered an injury, saying he was told not to train because of a stomach virus.
The setback comes as Victory prepare for Saturday night’s A-League grand final at Telstra Dome.
Midfielder Grant Brebner said he expected Thompson to be right in time for Saturday.
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The Rapides Foundation is looking for community partners interested in working on its Diet and Physical Activity Initiative.
The public is invited to learn more about the initiative at a forum on set for 10 a.m. to noon March 5, from 10 a.m. in Classroom C, on the second floor, of The Rapides Foundation Building, 1101 Fourth St. in downtown Alexandria.
The initiative, part of Get Healthy Cenla, is designed to promote healthy behaviors in Central Read the rest of this entry »

DALLAS
— A health care company hired to manage a program for elderly Texans as part of a broad privatization plan was fined more than $1 million by the state in the past year over mounting complaints that included delayed or denied medical care.
Evercare of Texas, a unit of Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group, has drawn the ire of some powerful Austin lawmakers over its management of preventative and long-term care for the state’s most Read the rest of this entry »

A 17-year-old Nesconset resident will appear in court
on Jan. 21 to respond to charges that he endangered the welfare of a child when he drove under the influence of drugs. Brian Firman was arrested Saturday at 3:01 a.m. after police said they found him driving on Warren Avenue in Farmingville with the passenger door open and a 15-year-old vomiting out the door. Police said they determined that Firman was driving under the influence of drugs and Read the rest of this entry »

ASO UNDER FIRE / What next for the floundering Aso, LDP?
“Would you like to work with us to improve society?”
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hidenao Nakagawa posed this question last month to members of a faction led by former Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura.
Later this month, Nakagawa plans to set up a league of Diet members to discuss reforming the social security system. His question was posed in an effort Read the rest of this entry »

“This has good,
solid medical backing. We have not reinvented the wheel. For pregnant women it’s
about controlling what they eat, not about losing weight. It means that during
the pregnancy they will gain about one to two stone rather than three to
four,” the Scotsman quoted Daryl Taylor, chief executive of SureSlim, as
saying.   

Dr Waleed Abu Ramadan sighs down the phone.
The medical director of al-Quds hospital has not wept since he helped evacuate several hundred people from the blazing Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) compound on Thursday night, but he says: “My heart is crying.”
He says he is standing next to the smouldering remains of a pharmacy filled with bandages, medicines and other medical supplies, describing the chaos as intensive care patients and premature Read the rest of this entry »

10:02 PM CST on Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Sharon Alt remembers receiving a panicked phone call from her daughter three years ago.
Her then-22-year-old daughter, uninsured and in excruciating pain from an infection, was about to receive treatment in the emergency room. Ms. Alt asked to speak to the doctor.
“My first question was, ‘Does this have to be done in the emergency room or can she go into the doctor’s office Read the rest of this entry »

A crash in Sullivan County sent five people to the hospital, and authorities said the driver was a 10-year-old boy.
Three children and their parents were involved in the accident. Police believe both adults were under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
Randy Lewis was arrested at the scene. He has been charged with reckless endangerment and aggravated child abuse and neglect.
Police said Lewis admitted to drinking 15 beers and other alcoholic Read the rest of this entry »

SEATTLE, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — By simply turning on the news or opening a newspaper, it is easy to see that money, work and the economy are worrying many Americans, including residents of Seattle. However, Seattle’s reputation for recreation and as a laid-back West coast attitude may be helping their health in this recent financial crisis. According to a survey released today by the American Psychological Association (APA), Seattle residents Read the rest of this entry »